Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir
By comparison of the types, geological characteristics and exploration technologies of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon, this paper proposes the concept of “nano-hydrocarbon” and regard nano-hydrocarbon as the development direction of oil and gas industry in the future. Nano-hydrocarbon r...
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| author | Caineng ZOU Zhi YANG Shizhen TAO Wei LI Songtao WU Lianhua HOU Rukai ZHU Xuanjun YUAN Lan WANG Xiaohui GAO Jinhua JIA Qiulin GUO |
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| description | By comparison of the types, geological characteristics and exploration technologies of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon, this paper proposes the concept of “nano-hydrocarbon” and regard nano-hydrocarbon as the development direction of oil and gas industry in the future. Nano-hydrocarbon refers to the research and production, by nano-technology, of oil and gas accumulated in the reservoir system of nano-sized pore-throats. It is mainly distributed in source rocks and the neighbouring tight reservoirs and includes shale oil, shale gas, coal-bed methane, tight sandstone oil and gas, tight limestone oil and so on, with nano-sized diameter of pore-throats in reservoirs. Oil, gas and water in nano-sized pore-throats exhibit poor percolation and phase separation, and are mainly driven by ultra-pressure, thus existing pervasively and continuously in the coexisting tight source and reservoir rocks. China's petroliferous basins develop multiple series such as coexisting tight source and reservoir, carbonate fractures and cavities, volcanic fractures and cavities, and metamorphic rock fractures. Among the series, the first type is located in the center or on the slopes of the basins, where nano-hydrocarbons are accumulated extensively within or near sources and are dominant potential sources. With accumulations within coexisting source and reservoir in the Ordos Basin and Sichuan Basin as examples, the method of “two lines and one area” to prospect continuous-type hydrocarbon accumulation is proposed, i.e. the top and bottom boundaries of a set of coexisting source and reservoir and the boundaries of hydrocarbon accumulation as lines, and “sweet spot” distributing core area as the main exploration target. Key words: nano-hydrocarbon, nano-technology, tight hydrocarbon within coexisting source and reservoir, unconventional hydrocarbon, tight oil, tight gas, shale gas, shale oil, continuous hydrocarbon accumulation |
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| spelling | doaj.art-259739cf6f674ee0b328af2ac31226202022-12-21T22:26:52ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Petroleum Exploration and Development1876-38042012-02-013911532Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoirCaineng ZOU0Zhi YANG1Shizhen TAO2Wei LI3Songtao WU4Lianhua HOU5Rukai ZHU6Xuanjun YUAN7Lan WANG8Xiaohui GAO9Jinhua JIA10Qiulin GUO11Corresponding author; PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaBy comparison of the types, geological characteristics and exploration technologies of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon, this paper proposes the concept of “nano-hydrocarbon” and regard nano-hydrocarbon as the development direction of oil and gas industry in the future. Nano-hydrocarbon refers to the research and production, by nano-technology, of oil and gas accumulated in the reservoir system of nano-sized pore-throats. It is mainly distributed in source rocks and the neighbouring tight reservoirs and includes shale oil, shale gas, coal-bed methane, tight sandstone oil and gas, tight limestone oil and so on, with nano-sized diameter of pore-throats in reservoirs. Oil, gas and water in nano-sized pore-throats exhibit poor percolation and phase separation, and are mainly driven by ultra-pressure, thus existing pervasively and continuously in the coexisting tight source and reservoir rocks. China's petroliferous basins develop multiple series such as coexisting tight source and reservoir, carbonate fractures and cavities, volcanic fractures and cavities, and metamorphic rock fractures. Among the series, the first type is located in the center or on the slopes of the basins, where nano-hydrocarbons are accumulated extensively within or near sources and are dominant potential sources. With accumulations within coexisting source and reservoir in the Ordos Basin and Sichuan Basin as examples, the method of “two lines and one area” to prospect continuous-type hydrocarbon accumulation is proposed, i.e. the top and bottom boundaries of a set of coexisting source and reservoir and the boundaries of hydrocarbon accumulation as lines, and “sweet spot” distributing core area as the main exploration target. Key words: nano-hydrocarbon, nano-technology, tight hydrocarbon within coexisting source and reservoir, unconventional hydrocarbon, tight oil, tight gas, shale gas, shale oil, continuous hydrocarbon accumulationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380412600111 |
| spellingShingle | Caineng ZOU Zhi YANG Shizhen TAO Wei LI Songtao WU Lianhua HOU Rukai ZHU Xuanjun YUAN Lan WANG Xiaohui GAO Jinhua JIA Qiulin GUO Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir Petroleum Exploration and Development |
| title | Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir |
| title_full | Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir |
| title_fullStr | Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir |
| title_short | Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir |
| title_sort | nano hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380412600111 |
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